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  • Essays on environmental shocks and economic development 

    McDermott, Thomas K. J. (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2013)
    This thesis investigates the effects of environmental shocks, in the form of natural disasters and rainfall volatility, on economic development. I pursue both theoretical and empirical investigations of these issues. In ...
  • Essays on financial development and economic growth 

    Hosford, Fraser Walter (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2003)
    This thesis is a collection of essays on the relationship between financial development and economic growth. The thesis is introduced in Chapter One, which talks about the motivation for the thesis and outlines the structure ...
  • Essays on Financial Globalisation 

    Emter, Lorenz (Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2022)
    This dissertation is a collection of three essays on financial globalisation. A common theme running through the essays in this dissertation is the importance of global factors shaping national macro-financial outcomes ...
  • Essays on Forced Migration and Civil Conflict 

    Turkoglu, Oguzhan (Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2021)
    This thesis examines the effect of conflict dynamics and rebel groups on forced migration. More specifically, it analyzes how insurgent groups impact displacement flows, decisions to flee, and attitudes toward refugees. ...
  • Essays on globalisation, inflation and monetary policy 

    Mc Inerney, Niall (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2013)
    This thesis comprises three essays. The first examines the impact of factor, product and financial market integration on the labour share of income. In particular, we investigate how the changing composition of international ...
  • Essays on international capital flows 

    Mercado, Rogelio (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2017)
    The core of this thesis consists of three papers. Although independent, these papers highlight the importance of looking into foreign-driven capital flows in understanding the transition to and from various episodes of ...
  • Essays on international capital flows 

    Guerin, Selen Sarisoy (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2003)
    This thesis is a collection of essays on international capital flows. The main motivation for this work was to address a number of relatively unexplored issues within this subject. Four topics were empirically analyzed ...
  • Essays on international capital markets 

    Hoffman, Mathias (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2003)
    This thesis concentrates on the macroeconomic effects of increased capital mobility in international capital markets. The focal points of attention encompass the relationship between capital flows and infrastructure, ...
  • Essays on international financial integration and the financial sector 

    Carvalho, Daniel (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2016)
    This dissertation encompasses four essays, which deal with issues related to the cross-border financial integration and the financialization of economies. The first essay analyses whether foreign bond buying of euro area ...
  • Essays on investment : cycles, imbalances and convexity 

    Hunt, John Colin (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2007)
    This thesis is a collection of essays on public investment. The thesis is introduced in Chapter One which addresses the motivation for the thesis and outlines the structure of the document. Chapter Two addresses the topic ...
  • Essays on labour productivity, technical efficiency and foreign direct investment in Irish manufacturing industry 

    Ugur, Ali (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2003)
    The aim of this thesis is to investigate the structural change that took place in the Irish manufacturing sector during the 1990s. Chapter 2 examines the patterns and growth of labour productivity and employment in Irish ...
  • Essays on migration and risk aversion 

    Umblijs, Janis (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2013)
    In this thesis I develop the theoretical and empirical literature linking risk aversion and migration. The thesis consists of three chapters exploring this theme from a variety of perspectives. The first chapter looks at ...
  • Essays on productivity in Irish agriculture 

    O'Neill, Suzanne M. (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2002)
    The focus of this thesis is the measurement of performance in Irish agriculture over the period 1984 to 1998. The methodology applied lies in the broad area of production economics and is located primarily in the ...
  • Essays on regional restructuring and the Polish labour market 

    Duffy, Fiona (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2002)
    The fall of the iron curtain and the transition shock that Poland faced in the early 1990s necessitated substantial adjustments throughout the economy. Planners no longer dictated prices, trade, financial allocations or ...
  • Essays on regulatory instuments : leniency and anti-dumping 

    Marvão, Catarina (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2014)
    In this thesis I explore two specific regulatory instruments, from a theoretical standpoint and from an empirical perspective. In particular, I address the regulation of leniency in relation to EU and US cartels and the ...
  • Essays on the causes and consequences of international migration 

    Elsner, Benjamin (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2012)
    This thesis is a collection of three essays on the economic consequences of international migration. The first chapter studies the impact of emigration on wages in the sending countries. It exploits a change in the migration ...
  • Essays on the consequences of research and development for manufacturing firms in Ireland 

    Kearns, Allan (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2001)
    The aim of this thesis is to investigate some of the economic consequences for manufacturing firms of investing in research and development (R&D), using the Irish manufacturing sector as a case study. Chapter 1 outlines ...
  • Essays on the Economics of Energy Efficiency: Evidence from residential dwellings and commercial data centres 

    Coyne, Bryan (Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2021)
    Global economic growth since the Industrial Revolution has been facilitated, in large part, by the increased use of natural resources as energy in the production process. This has revolutionised how society functions. ...
  • Essays on the income, wealth and family tranfers of the older generation 

    Nivakoski, Sanna (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2015)
    This thesis consists of three core chapters which contain empirical analyses of financial decision-making among older people. The chapters focus on pension coverage, retirees’ incomes and replacement rates, subjective life ...
  • Essays on the macroeconomic impact of financial openness 

    O'Donnell, Barry (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2003)
    This thesis uses new data to examine the impact of a quantitative measure of international financial integration on various indicators of macroeconomic performance. Proponents of greater openness to financial flows maintain ...